The 2007 winners will be decided by a prominent panel of independent judges, including Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party of Canada, Keith Moore, FSC auditor and chair of the BC Forest Practices Board, and Chuck Leavell, tree farmer at Charlane Plantation and Rolling Stones keyboard player.

Past winners of the awards are Larry Selzer, president and CEO of The Conservation Fund and David Refkin, director of sustainable development, Time Inc.

For more details, see www.forestleadership.com.